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Round-Up Week 3 / 2014

Jon Jacob

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A quick round-up of Ö÷²¥´óÐã-related announcements, blog posts and press write-ups this week, plus a look forward to some selected highlights on TV and radio.

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THIS WEEK

Jacqueline Bisset won Best Supporting Actress in a TV series, mini-series or TV movie at the Golden Globes for her role in the Ö÷²¥´óÐã drama broadcast in March 2013. Elisabeth Moss secured Best Actress for the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two drama . Later in the week Ö÷²¥´óÐã Films’ Philomena, Saving Mr Banks & The Invisible Woman received six .Ìý

Saturday was 60 years to the day since the first weather forecast on TV. About the Ö÷²¥´óÐã carried a couple of blog posts about Ö÷²¥´óÐã weather: one from department Head ; the other featuring an interview with weather forecaster . In a documentary voiced by former Radio 4 continuity announcer Charlotte Green, told the story of TV weather forecasting on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Four. The programme is available for three more days via .

Also on Saturday, the first episode of The Voice series 3 aired, attracting an average up 2.2 million on the series 2’s opening show.

Director of News and Current Affairs James Harding gave a speech entitled ‘’ on Tuesday 13 January.

Ö÷²¥´óÐã iPlayer came top of the ratings for 2013 for the second year running. Ariel reported on a review conducted by Ö÷²¥´óÐã’s Marketing and Audiences department detailing that .

Earlier this week Ö÷²¥´óÐã One announced plans for an ambitious contemporary re-telling of the Easter Passion. Entitled – a live broadcast scheduled for Good Friday 2014 – is the work of a partnership between the Ö÷²¥´óÐã and . Also announced this week … an all-female DJ line-up for two nights in March on Radio 1 to coincide with and - a new season of hard-hitting investigative programmes from around the world.

Following the death on Thursday of regular Five Live contributor Steve Evans from Wolverhampton, who had terminal stomach cancer and spoke about entering his ‘final phase’ on Tuesday in for the network, presenter .

The reported on the death of Only Fools and Horses actor Roger Lloyd-Pack on Thursday.

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COMING UP

Two new series start on Ö÷²¥´óÐã One on Sunday. returns at 8.00pm followed by at 9.00pm.

returns to Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two this week. Episode 1 is on Monday at 8.30pm. Read more on the . Also on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two start on Monday at 7.00pm, a week-long search gets underway for Britain’s best interior designer in .

On radio, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio 1’s Stories rapper Professor Green and 19 year old ‘Emma’ share their experiences with suicide and its effects in ‘’. Ìý

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